Fresno State, along with many other colleges, are making rules on being diagnosed with A.D.H.D. Many students are faking being diagnosed with ADHD, so they will be able to receive Adderall. However, one student, Lisa Beach, went through two months of testing before she was diagnosed with having ADHD. In this article, there were different views expressed between the student who had ADHD and the student health offices. Lisa Beach is happy that the process of diagnosing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is legitimate. As Beach said, “It’s nice to know, ‘O.K., this is legit.’” Other students are opposed to the lengthy procedure, and they choose to either borrow pills from other people or go without taking the pills. In contrast, the student health offices’ goal is to avoid pills being shared or overdosed.
One article focused mostly on how millions of Americans are overdosing on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder drugs. In 2010, the number of emergency room visits that were linked to overdosing on ADHD medications rose to 31,224. The article continued to say how overdosing will not help you get ahead in your academic studies, and that drinking coffee is a better option. Govinda Koirala, a student at University of Missouri-Kansas City, said that relaxing and working hard is the perfect combination to succeeding in school.
Sources:
http://www.ryot.org/many-concerned-over-adhd-drug-abuse-on-college-campuses/170661
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/01/us/colleges-tackle-illicit-use-of-adhd-pills.html?pagewanted=all
I agree with you that many more people are lying and saying they have ADHD just to receive certain medications (particularly Adderall). However, I think this disease is overlooked and it is rapidly spreading across the country. I can personally relate to the fact about ADHD because both my parents thought I had it as a little kid because I was always so hyper and got distracted super easily. I think people who believe they have ADHD need to be monitored better by their parents and surrounding loved ones. I think researchers need to conduct more experiments with controlled trials and large samples of people to truly find a strong correlation and relationship between ADHD and if people actually have the disease. I think colleges should make it harder to obtain ADHD medications unless the doctors evaluate the individual extensively and know they have ADHD symptoms that need to be further looked into. Here’s an article further discussing the issues of ADHD.
http://psychcentral.com/disorders/adhd/
As someone diagnosed with ADHD i believe that yes they should. It is becoming an overwhelmingly over diagnosed disorder across the country. Everyone has a little bit of ADD within them and can get distracted. It is very common if that individual is sitting through a class that has very little appeal to them. In that case it’s the fact that the material doesn’t stimulate the brain enough, leading to a lack of attentiveness, not that the person has ADD. It needs to be monitored carefully especially because of the drug abuse of Adderall amongst college students, which is attractive to students because it can allow them to focus late at night for an exam.